“Obstacles and opportunities: Palestinian youth’s uses of social media to promote international solidarity”

Abstract

This study explores the extent to which Palestinian media students use social media to promote a pro-Palestinian narrative to Western audiences. Media students at five Palestinian universities were surveyed (n = 282). The findings showed that a little more than half of the participants reported that they do not address foreigners about Palestine because they lack the necessary contacts or are not interested in the topic. Among those who do address Western societies, most did it by sharing content. The main reported obstacles to sharing information included lack of international contacts, language barriers, and the content moderation policies of some social media platforms.